The county commission signed a resolution of intent last week to grant industrial revenue bonds for the operation about 2 miles west of Canton.

Mid-Kansas Cooperative of McPherson and Cenex Harvest States, a large regional cooperative based in Minneapolis, Minn., chose the site because of its proximity to Union Pacific Railroad lines.

Kerry Watson, a spokeswoman for MKC, says the co-ops have been researching the project for a couple of years. It will provide the group with its first train loading facility. The grain shuttle will load 110-car trains bound the Pacific Northwest, the Gulf Coast and Mexico.

The Salina Journal reports (http://bit.ly/12qVAGX ) other projects, such as agronomy services, could be considered later.